Harshal Patel becomes first ever bowler to take fifer against Mumbai Indians4Photo© india.com

Harshal Patel becomes first ever bowler to take fifer against Mumbai Indians

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He dismissed Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Kieron Pollard and Marco Jensen to claim his maiden five-wicket haul in T20 cricket. The 30-year-old deceived Hardik Pandya with a slow full toss, got Ishan Kishan with a yorker, had Krunal Pandya caught at deep mid-wicket and then also had Kieron Pollard caught in the deep. He then bowled IPL debutant South African Marco Jansen to complete a fifer. Also Read - MI vs RCB: Virat Kohli's Athletic Effort Catches Rohit Sharma Short of His Crease in IPL 2021 Opener | Watch

Patel bowled astonishingly well in the final over of the innings, in which he picked three wickets and gave only 1 run from it as RCB restricted Mumbai for just 159/9 in 20 overs.

Interestingly, earlier the best bowling figures against Mumbai was from current MI captain Rohit Sharma, who used to play with Deccan Chargers at the time. Rohit claimed four wickets for just 6 runs in 2009.